SPORTS
12 Gastonia, Shelby baseball, softball teams who could make a deep run in NCHSAA playoffs
It’s win-or-go-home from here for baseball and softball teams in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties. The 2024 NCHSAA playoffs begin Tuesday, with the tri-county area well represented. Of those in the mix, which ones have the best shot at making a deep run? Here are several teams with a legitimate shot at claiming state gold, along with a few others flying under-the-radar as the postseason gets underway.
No. 1 Notre Dame Routs No. 6 Duke to Capture ACC Championship
The sound you heard coming from Charlotte this weekend was the No. 1 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team sending a warning shot to the nation. The reigning national champions plowed through the ACC Tournament by routing No. 5 Virginia in Friday’s semi-finals before dismantling No. 6 Duke in Sunday’s championship game.
Gamecocks softball falls in second game of series
COLUMBIA, S.C. (South Carolina Athletics) - The South Carolina softball team (33-20, 8-15) dropped game two of its series with No. 13 Missouri (39-14, 12-11) 4-2 Saturday afternoon. The Gamecocks out-hit the Tigers 9-to-8 on the day. Zoe Laneaux, Aniyah Black, and Bre Warren led Carolina with two hits. Alana...
Lady Bulldogs' season ends in area playoffs
The seventh-ranked Three Rivers Lady Bulldogs saw their season come to an end on Friday in a 13-5 loss to the Charlotte Trojanettes in Game 2 of their best-of-three Class 2A area playoff series in Three Rivers. The Lady Bulldogs concluded the season with a 28-7 record. Charlotte (19-5) advanced...
Dirty Birds walk it off 8-7 over Gastonia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Charleston Dirty birds needed 11 innings to pull off an 8-7 walk off win over Gastonia. Charleston once trailed 5-2 before rallying for the win. Gastonia's Jack Reinheimer broke a 2-2 tie with a solo homerun in the third inning. Gastonia scored three times...
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